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Jacqueline is the daughter of Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil. The worker's worth is compromised by his crippling fear of heights. Dismissed from his job, he finds solace in the bottle. All seems hopeless until Jacqueline breaks through her father's self-imposed gloom and helps him to regenerate. An adaptation of the novel 'A Grand Man', by Catherine Cookson.
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Running time
1 h 29 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −20 min on the typical 109
typical 10989Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
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Released
1956
June 4, 1956
70 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
18 of 18
John GregsonMike McNeil
Kathleen RyanElizabeth McNeil
Jacqueline RyanJacqueline McNeil
Liam RedmondPeter Lord
Cyril CusackJohn Flannagan
Marie KeanMrs. Flannagan
Noel PurcellMr. Owen, the Parson
Maureen DelaneyMrs. McBride- JFJosephine FitzgeraldMrs. McMullen
Richard O'SullivanMichael McNeil, Jacqueline's Brother- RBRita BegleySara Flannagan
Tony WrightJack McBride
Maureen SwansonMaggie Flannagan
Jack MacGowranCampbell
Harold GoldblattSchoolmaster
Barry KeeganBob Quinton
Christopher SteeleMr. Pike, the Organist
J.G. DevlinBaxter
Directing · 1
- Roy Ward Baker Director
Writing · 3
- Liam O'Flaherty Writer
- Patrick Kirwan Writer
- Catherine Cookson Novel, Additional Dialogue
Other crew · 1
- Patrick Campbell Additional Dialogue
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